Podcast Episodes

Daisy's Story

Season 8 Episode 244

Lily Wood kicks off Season 8 with guest Daisy Woods, who shares her story of discovering at age 55 that her biological roots were not what she had al…

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Relative Strangers

Season 7 Episode 243

In the year 7 season finale I was so excited to chat with B.K. Jackson (aka Kate), the incredible founder of Severance magazine and editor of the bri…

2 months ago

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Elizabeth's Story

Season 7 Episode 242

In this episode, Lily Wood sits down with Elizabeth, a trauma-informed yoga teacher who shares her traumatic story of surviving a chaotic childhood o…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Danny's Story

Season 7 Episode 241

Danny's mother revealed that he was actually a Non-Paternity Event (NPE) child, and his biological father was a man from New York named Daniel. To ho…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

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Alethia's Story

Season 7 Episode 240

Harmful Content Warning: This episode contains raw language including racial slurs, as well as discussions of domestic violence and systemic trauma.

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3 months, 1 week ago

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Becca's Story

Season 7 Episode 239

In this episode, Becca Rothman, a comedian, activist, and mother shares the surprising story of discovering she was donor-conceived later in life. Af…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Mark's Story

Season 7 Episode 238

Growing up with a "normal" Midwestern upbringing, Mark never felt different or disconnected from his family. However, after his father's death, a que…

4 months ago

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Alex's Story

Season 7 Episode 237

Alex Frantz shares the life-altering discovery of being donor-conceived, a revelation triggered by a holiday DNA kit. They describe the shock of real…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Dawn M's Story

Season 7 Episode 236

Dawn grew up feeling a quiet sense that something didn’t quite fit, but it wasn’t until a search for her family’s past that everything she thought sh…

5 months ago

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Molly's Story

Season 7 Episode 235

In this episode, Lily sits down with Molly, who shares the complex layers of being both an adoptee and an NPE within a small-town dynamic where the a…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

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